Toco Toucan Birds | Characteristics And Lifestyle Ramphastos Toco Bird | Wild Birs

The toco toucan (Ramphastos toco) also known as the common toucan or giant toucan, is the largest and probably the best-known species in the toucan family. It is found in semi-open habitats throughout a large part of central and eastern South America. The toco toucan body is black, with white throat, chest, and upper tail coverts, but red under tail coverts. They have thin blue skin around the eye, What appears to be a blue iris. A toucan can live for up to 20 years. The maximum weight is One kilogram and they can grow up to 25 inches long. Basically, their beak is half of their length. Their colorful beak makes them one of the world’s most popular birds. The toco toucan eats fruit but also insects, frogs, small reptiles, small birds, and their eggs and nestlings. These toucans nest in tree cavities and usually lay two to four eggs, which both parents take turns incubating. Young toucans do not have a large beak at birth it grows as they develop f